Umar Abdulmalik, a suspected Boko
Haram commander, has told of how the group carried out attacks across the
country.
According to The Nation, he also
admitted being actively involved in the explosions that rocked Nyanya and Kuje
in Abuja, in 2015.
The 30-year-old reportedly said
he was recruited into Boko Haram by an Islamic cleric who also indoctrinated
him.
He was quoted as saying: “I
joined one of the Boko Haram cells in Okene headed by one Zeeidi and we carried
out several bombings within Kaduna, Kano and Abuja.
“Zeedi was the person providing
the bombs and my job then was to take them to our target locations. After a while,
the Department of State Security infiltrated our cell and they started
arresting members of our group and Mallam Mustapha was arrested and his mosque
was demolished.
“Zeedi also brought the idea of
bank robbery … and he suggested we should attack the Kotonkarfe Prison in Kogi
State, so we could free our members who were detained there.
“The attack on the prison was
successful and we freed a lot of our members and immediately attacked some
banks in Okene and emptied all the money therein.”
He was further quoted as saying
the monies from the bank robbery were used to buy advanced explosives.
“Then I moved to Abuja with the
bombs we produced and I formed a new cell in 2014 and we carried out several
bombings, including those at Banex Plaza, Nyanya and Kuje areas of Abuja,” he
reportedly said.
“But unfortunately, our gang was
busted and five of our gang members were arrested and our bombs, including the
non-metallic and the materials we were using in making them, were recovered.”
Abdulmalik said he escaped and
went underground for two years but returned to Abuja with a new gang and “we
went into full blown armed robbery”.
Operatives of the
inspector-general of police special intelligence response team (IRT) arrested
Abdulmalik in Lagos last week.
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